The Trump administration is warning that it can’t use emergency funds to pay for food stamps during the government shutdown — a move that could soon leave millions of Americans without assistance unless Congress acts.
In a memo obtained by Axios, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said its contingency fund for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program “is only for true emergencies like hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods that can come on quickly and without notice.”
The department said those funds must remain available for natural disasters such as Hurricane Melissa, currently threatening Florida, and can’t legally be redirected to sustain SNAP during a funding lapse.
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